Daemon

De: Daniel Suarez

Narrado por: Jeff Gurner

Daniel Suarez’s New York Times bestselling debut high-tech thriller is “so frightening even the government has taken note” (Entertainment Weekly).

Daemons: computer programs that silently run in the background, waiting for a specific event or time to execute. They power almost every service. They make our networked world possible. But they also make it vulnerable...

When the obituary of legendary computer game architect Matthew Sobol appears online, a previously dormant daemon activates, initiating a chain of events that begins to unravel our interconnected world. This daemon reads news headlines, recruits human followers, and orders assassinations. With Sobol’s secrets buried with him, and as new layers of his daemon are unleashed, it’s up to Detective Peter Sebeck to stop a self-replicating virtual killer before it achieves its ultimate purpose—one that goes far beyond anything Sebeck could have imagined...

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Daemon does for surfing the web what Jaws did for swimming in the ocean...both entertaining and credible...an impressive debut novel.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“A chilling yet entirely plausible story of technology gone awry.”—St. Petersburg Times

“Fiendishly clever...an almost perfect guilty-pleasure novel.”—The Dallas Morning News

“A riveting debut.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“This thrill-a-nanosecond novel is certainly faithful to the techno-traditions of Michael Crichton and should delight not only readers of the 'science gone awry' genre, but general adventure readers as well.”—Booklist

“Suarez's not-just-for-gamers debut is a stunner.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Greatest. Technothriller. Period. Suarez presents a fascinating account of autonomous logic-based terrorism, incorporating current and anticipated technologies to create a credible and quite clever story.”—William O'Brien, Former Director of Cybersecurity and Communications Policy, The White House

“Daemon is the real deal—a scary look at what can go wrong as we depend increasingly on computer networks.”—Craig Newmark, Founder Craigslist

Not tech savy still great listen

What made the experience of listening to Daemon the most enjoyable?

Seems so pertinent to what's going on and what could be. Characters all had flaws instead of just being super heroes yet you still understood the good they might do. Fascinating how things kept escalating .

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

You will immediately want to listen to freedom tm which is even better. I have been listening to a lot of supernatural in the past year this was a good change.

Good listen, mildly creepy

This was a good book. Really interesting and creepy premise. As a tech fan, it really makes me question the direction big tech is taking us.

still one of my favorite books!

I've listened to this about 5 times and it keeps getting more relevant with time. brilliant writing and a great performance make this a rare treat.

Great story

Ending kinda seemed abrupt. I was engaged with the story but then it ended suddenly.

good story

Good story line. But the ending is abrupt and sucks. sorry. . . . .